Nail stripper



July 20, 1948.

H. L. SNYDER NAIL STRIPPER -2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Nov. 16, 1945 INVENTOR HOWARD L. SNYDER,

ATTORNEYS July 20-, 1948. H. SNYDER NAIL STRIPPER 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed NOV. 16, 1945 INVENTOR HOWARD L. SNYDER,

ATTORNEYS Patented July 20, 1948 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE NAIL s'mrrrna Howard L. Snyder, Sodus, N. Y. Application November 16, 1945, Serial No. 529,141

I 6 Claims.

My invention relates to improvements in the type of ,nail stripper in which the nails automatically align themselves so that they may be withdrawn with their heads up.

The primary object of my invention is to provide a nail stripper of the character indicated which can be readily adjusted to feed the nails gravitationally at diiferent rates and for the purpose of accommodating nails of different sizes.

Another important object of the invention is to provide a nail stripper of the above indicated character which can be readily knocked down and set up, and which when knocked down can be readily assembled into a convenient, compact box-like form, enabling the device to be carried by the workman to and from the work.

Another important object of the invention is to provide a device of the character indicated above which can be easily and inexpensively manufactured from sheet metal and wire, in a sturdy and practical form making possible its merchandizing at an attractively low price.

Other important objects and advantages of my invention will be apparent from a reading of the following description and the accompanying drawings, wherein amerely illustrative example of the invention is shown.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view taken along the line ll of the device of Figure 3 set up in operative position.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the device on a reduced scale showing it knocked down and assembled in carrying condition.

Figure 3 is a transverse section taken through Figure 1 along the line 3-3 and looking in the direction of the arrows.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary elevational view of the depressed end of the lower slide rod assembly.

Figure 5 is similar view of the elevated end of the lower slide rod assembly.

Figure 6 is a fragmentary perspective view on an enlarged scale taken from the right hand side of Figure 4.

Figure 7 is a transverse section taken along the line 1-1 of Figure 1.

Referring in detail to the drawings, my improved nail stripper comprises the base 1 which is an elongated rectangular box form having the low end wall 8 and the higher end wall 9 with side walls In of conformably tapering height. By means of the hinge H attached to the out side of the'upper part of the base wall 9 the upright support I 2 is connected to and supported from the base 1.

The upright support I2 is a parallel sided box form similar to the base and complementary 5 thereto so that when the support I! is hinged downwardly it mates with the base I to form the flat ibox shape illustrated in Figure 2 and encloses all of the remaining component parts of the device in compact carrying condition. A hook I3 on the high end of the support l2 may then be engaged with a keeper H on the low wall of the base to lock the device in carrying condition. The sheet metal upright portion l5 of the support I! may be thickened or reinforced for a part of its length to provide an adequately rigid area l6 formed with longitudinally spaced holes I! for a purpose hereinafter described.

The upper slide [8, in which the nails l9 to be stripped are placed is a rectangular elongated three sided box form having the open depressed end and downwardly converging sidewalls. The elevated end has laterally spaced hooks 2| fixed on the lower part of its endwall 22 which supportably engage through holes provided for their reception in the upper part ofthe upright portion ii of the vertical support I! to thereby form a pivotal supporting connection between the elevated end of the upper slide and the upper part of said upright. Bolts 23 having one end pivoted through holes in the sidewalls of the upper slide 18 near the elevated end above the-stationary hooks 2|, have their threaded parts passed through holes provided for the purpose in the upright portion l5 of the support l2, and wing nuts are threaded thereon against the outside of said bottom. One of the bolts 23 is sumciently shorter than the other to enable them tobe engaged in their holes one at a time, the wing nut 25 being threaded on the longer 40 before the shorter bolt is engaged in its hole, whereat both wing nuts 25 are threaded further on the bolts to raise the slide l8 to the desired angle of inclination suited to causing the nails is placed thereon to slide toward the depressed end as indicated in Figure 1. The bolts 23 may be unevenly tightened to give lateral tilt to the slide N where conditions require. Diagonal wire or rod braces '26 have inturned ends removably inserted in the side walls of the base and upright to hold them substantially at right angles.

The lower slide 2'! which receives the nails falling of! the depressed end of the upper slide is shorter in length and narrower than the widest part of the upper slide and generally rectangular #5 in outline. Hooks 21a on the upperpart. of its sides loosely engage eyes 28a depending from the depressed end of the upper slide It to suspend the lower slide from the upper slide. The lower slide 21 is composed of two inner hollow isosceles triangular forms 28 and 29 (see Figure 3) and two outer right triangular hollow forms, 3|] and 3|, the adjacent forms being assembled toget er by a plate 32 to which their elevated ends are gfi-xedand-.wherebyrthe elevated ends of the formsl29and'3-l and 28 and '31! have a fixe'd maximum lateral spacing. The upper ends of ends of the two inner hollow triangular forms, 28 and 29, and the two outer triangular hollow forms, 30 and 3|, Figures 1 and 7, are secured to the inner face of the end wall of the slide 21 as by welding or the like. Their adjacent lower edges 32 and 33 and 34' and 35', respectively, act as nail tracks at the bottom of the nail troughs formed by the adjacent triangular forms. The nail tracks are arranged so that t ey are narrower than the heads of ,the nails, so thatwhen the nails fall from the upper slidel8 into .the trou h their shanks fall through; the tracks .and :the nails become slidably' suspended by their headsinthe tracks.

The lower .ends of the triangular forms are adjustable transversely to vary the width of the nail tracksqor nailslots'by means of an arrange ment which includes a threaded rod '35 which passes .through upright singlejfianges 36 on the outer triangular forms and upright double flanges 13.'| on the inner triangular forms. Pairs of wing nuts 38 threaded on therod'35on opposite sides of the various upright flanges enable adjusting the adjacent triangular ,iorms toward or away-from each otherto correspondingly vary the widthof the -nail slots or tracks to accom-' modate ,Ilails'of,difierentsizes. I v

,Asthe-nails l9 slide ravitationally off the depressed endsoi the nail tracks they fall in uprightposition into nailslides which arealigned with ,and below the nailtracks on the lower slide 21, and from which they maybe readily-removed in such upright or erect position by the workman by removing thempne or more at a time from the elevatedendofany nail slide as needed. .Each naibslide .consists of a pair loi" parallel rodsor heavy wires 39 and 145 which have their areceiveqtheigeon awing nut 5l4, wherebythe lower slide and n l slides are securely held at a declining angle determined by the particular one of the holes I! in which the adjustable brace rod :has been inserted.

When it is desired to knock down the device to the portable box form shown in Figure 2 of the drawings, the wing nut 54 is backed off and elevated v.ends bent upwardly and laterallyoutwardlylin opposite directionsflas clearlyshown in Figure 3. The upper end ofeach of, the' rods 39 and .49 are connected to .the bottom of the triangular hollow formsZB, v29, .35 and ,3! complemental, thereto, as indicated by the numeral 42. The lower endof each of the rods 39 is con-' nected to the transverse rod 43, and the lower endofeachofthe rods-45 isloopedat 45 about a threaded rod :46. The rod 43 has ,its opposite ends bent ,inwardly, .as indicated by the numeral (ll. Arranged above thesrod .43. and suitably, spaced. therefrom .is another-transverse rod 5.5 which likewise has its opposite ends; bent inwardly, :asindicated y the numeral .41. 'The complemental :bent .ends 411 of the -ro'ds43 and 44 are connected as by welding cr the like to supporting or bracerods :49. x

The other ends-oi the supporting :or brace rods 49 arefastened as by weldin'g-to the sides of the lowerslide 2] Q I 'I.hreaded on the rod 45 on each side of the loop 45 of eachadjustabler-odfifl is apair of wing nuts 50 by means of which thenail slide rod 45 may be adjusted-toward or lawayi'rom its com-f panion' fixed nail slide rod 39 to accommodate the .threaded end of the rod 52 removed from the hole I! and the rod tilted toward the right in Figure 1. The hooks 21a of the lower slide are then disengagedfro m theeyes 28a. on the upper slide "and the lowerslide then deposited as a whole in'the' base I. v v 1 V The wing nuts 25 are then backed off the pivoted bolts 23 and-the hooks 2| disengaged fromtheir holes in-thesupport l2 and the upper slide is then inverted and placed in the base over the lower slide.

The diagonal braces ZB are then disconnected from the side walls of the upright support l2 and base 'I and placed inside the base, and the support l2 is then swung down upon the base into the position shown in Figure 2 and locked in place by means of the hooks [3. To set up the device substantially the reverse of the above described operation is performed.

- What I claim 'is: 1 e

1. A nail stripper comprising a base, an upright supported on said base, an up'pen-slide for holding nails, a pivotal supporting connection between the elevatedend -of -the upper slide and the upper part, of said upright, elements connected to and between the upright and the up: per slide fat points above the pivotal connection, saidelements being adjustable to determine and fixthe declining-angle-ofthe upper slide, alower slide positioned beneath the-depressed end of the upperslide to receive nails therefrom, means tiltably suspending thelcwer slide 'from the -d epressed end of the upper slide, said-lower sl ide having longitudinal troughs including nail lQts and-being tilted at an opposite angle -from the upper slide, a framework secured to the lower slide and positioned thereunder and extending beyond thedepressed end -of-th e lower slide-to ward and terminating in spaced relation to-the said upright, said framework comprising -nail slides longitudinally aligned with said nail slots, adetachable brace'rod pivoted at itslower end to the depressed end of said iramework and having atterminal .portionatits upper end se lectively insertible in anyone. of apluralityof vertical y Spaced :Qpenings :formed .insaid upright so of substantially parallel longitudinal rods having depressed ends spaced to provide nail slides, a cross rod supportably connected to the lower slide and to which the depressed end of one rod of each pair is fixed, a threaded cross rod supported on said framework parallel to said cross rod, with the depressed ends of the remaining rods of said pairs having loops circumposed thereon, and nuts threaded on said threaded rod on opposite sides of the loops to enable adjusting and fixing the spacing of the said remaining rods relative to the fixed rods so as to accommodate the nail slides to nails of different sizes.

3. In a nail stripper of the type comprising a base, an upright supported thereon, an upper declining slide to receive in bulk nails to be stripped, a declining lower slide beneath the depressed end of the upper slide to receive nails falling from the depressd end of the upper slide, said lower slide having a framework and arranged to extend beyond and at a level below its depressed end, said framework comprising pairs of substantially parallel longitudinal rods having depressed ends spaced to provide nail slides,

a cross rod supportably connected to the lower slide and to which the depressed end of one rod of each pair is fixed, a threaded cross rod supported on said framework parallel to said cross rod, with the depressed ends of the remaining rods of said pairs having loops circumposed thereon, nuts threaded on said threaded rod on opposite sides of the loops to enable adjusting and fixing the spacing of the said remaining rods relative to the fixed rods so as to accommodate the nail slides to nails of difierent sizes, means tiltably suspending the lower slide from the upper slide, and an adjusting brace pivoted at its lower end to said framework cross rod and selectivel connectible at its upper end to any of a number of vertically spaced points on said upright so as to determin the angle of declination of said lower slide and said nail slides.

4. In a nail stripper of the type comprising a base, an upright supported thereon, an upper declining slide to receive in bulk nails to be stripped, a declining lower slide beneath the depressed end of the upper slide to receive nails falling from the depressed end of the upper slide, said lower slide having declining troughs defined by pairs of longitudinally extending downwardly converging plates spaced at their lower ends to define nail slots of a width permitting the shanks of nails to fall through while the heads are retained to support the nails in erect position, means connecting the plates at the elevated end of the lower slide and fixedly maintaining their spacing at the elevated end of the lower slide, adjusting means on the depressed end of the lower slide and engaging the pairs of converging plates for adjusting and fixing the spacing of the lower edges thereof relative to each other so as to change the width of the nail slots to accommodate nails of different sizes, said adjustin means comprising a threaded rod passing transversely through portions of the depressed ends of said plates, and nuts threaded on said threaded rod on opposite sides of each plate whereby the paired plates can be laterally adjusted toward or away from each other by turning the nuts on the threaded rod.

5. In a nail stripper of the type comprising a base, an upright supported thereon, an upper declining slide to receive in bulk nails to be stripped, a declining lower slide beneath the depressed end of the upper slide to receive nails falling from the depressed end of the upper slide, said lower slide having hollow forms of triangular cross section paired to provide downwardly con verging walls forming troughs with their lower edges spaced to define nail slots, means connected to and fixing the spacing of the elevated ends of said triangular forms, flanges on the depressed ends of said triangular hollow forms, a transverse threaded rod passing through the flanges, and nuts threaded on the rod on opposite sides of the flange of each form whereby the triangular forms may be adjusted laterally to vary the width of the nail slots to accommodate nails of difierent sizes.

6. In a nail stripper of the type comprising a base, an upright supported thereon, an upper declining slide to receive in bulk nails to be stripped, a declining lower slide beneath the depressed end of the upper slide to receive nails falling from the depressedend of the upper slide, said lower slide having hollow forms of triangular cross section paired to provide downwardly convering walls forming troughs with their lower edges spaced to define nail slots, means connected to and fixing the spacing of the elevated ends of said triangular forms, flanges on the depressed ends of said triangular forms, a transverse threaded rod passing through the flanges, nuts threaded on the rod on opposite sides of the flange of each form whereby the triangular forms may be adjusted laterally to vary the width of the nail slots to accommodate nails of different sizes, a framework on and beneath the lower slide and declining forwardly from the depressed end thereof, said framework comprising nail slides aligned with and arranged to receive nails falling in erect position from the depressed ends of the nail slots, said nails slides each comprising a fixed rod and a laterally movable rod arranged substantially parallel to the fixed rod, and means for adjusting the spacing of the movable rods of the nail slides relative to the fixed rods thereof so as to accommodate nails of different sizes.

' HOWARD L. SNYDER.

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